Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7
The Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted is a chess opening classified as ECO D84, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 15 times by this move order. White won 33%, 20% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 8… Nc6 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 8… Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3)
- ECO
- D84
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnb2rk1/ppB1ppbp/6p1/3q4/3P4/4P3/PP3PPP/R2QKBNR b KQ - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 12 | |
| All | 15 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… Nc6 | 10 (67%) | |
| 8… Na6 | 3 (20%) | |
| 8… e5 | 1 (7%) | |
| 8… b6 | 1 (7%) |
Master games
223 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 30%, draw 45%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Anish Giri (2771) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2796) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2017-07-01
- GM Levon Aronian (2773) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2020 · 2020-09-18
- GM Li Chao2 (2755) – GM Anish Giri (2790) 1/2-1/2 · 4th Norway Chess 2016 · 2016-04-29
- GM Li Chao2 (2720) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2804) 1/2-1/2 · World Rapid 2016 · 2016-12-26
- GM Anish Giri (2771) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2732) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2017-07-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- olegP_BY (2439) – aTom890 (2352) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- olegP_BY (2452) – arkos_11 (2337) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- Tom_Hizenston08 (2408) – chair1234 (2371) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
More Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch A56
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation D81
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack D82
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation D83
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.